Within 2 days was approved and received my Articles of Organization. 

We attended an OZ Conference in Portland, Oregon where they already have a few projects up a running and have talked with a few contacts about setting up a fund.If you are genuinely interested I would love to connect you with the owner/organizer of the conference.

Also, for those of you located in Connecticut, are there any good networking groups/organizations that I could get involved in? 

Once you read it, and it's hard to find the final version, you will see that it is very disorganized without much substance. 

@Mike StahlmanFor a return with 4 rentals, it depends how organized your records are.

You might be able to drive some small amount of organic traffic using social media but it's very little and not worth it.

She looks like the organizer.

All sounds good...my best purchases were from people with “ past substance issues”.  

People doing 10+ deals a year4-6 peoplePeople that want to be open and share best practices – a diverse group of investorsPeople willing to provide constructive feedbackAn initial call for everyone to explain their business model – what you are doing, what you are looking for, etc.Once a month organized calls (Skype or Google) with an agendaA shared group (probably on Facebook, Google drive) where we can share ideas outside of our meeting timesCommunication and accountability outside of the once/month meetingThis is an evolving thing and I am open to best practices and ideas others might have.

I have a high interest in nailing this one as we have made decisions with the confidence in the Des Moines macro picture being solid.Here's a few observations in speaking to your question:I used to volunteer very heavily for an organization that would re-settle refugees, from all around the world.